Video memory?

[ym99]

Hi there,
I have Matrox G200 with 8MB memory, the game
I'm playing is Rainbow Six, and I feel the
game speed is a little bit slow, my friend
said that I have to upgrade to 16MB.
So, should I do that? Will the 16MB memory
provides better performance for my game?

Thanks a lot!

[Yanee]

Hi ym99!

I've played Rainbow 6 on my 8MB G200 and I never had any video-related trouble.
I think you'll gain no performance with that upgrade. (but I may be wrong)
The card won't be faster just because the more memory.

regards

[Vlip]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOOOOOOON'T waste your money on a video Ram upgrade!

R6 plays just fine on my G200 8mb (and even better on my G400 MAX, niarf).
Post your specs and I may tell you what is giving you slowdowns.

Vlip

[ym99]

Thanks guys!
You just saved my money!
(I almost click the "Buy Now")

Ok, I think the slow maybe because I have an
old machine - regular P233/mmx, 64MB mem,
300MB free disk spaces.
Maybe I have to upgrade my CPU to PII.
But, is the 3d game really needs such fast CPU?

[Vlip]

Well I do believe you should also post at wich resolution you are playing rainbow.
Because I had a P200MMX with 64mb Sdram and a 3dfx Voodoo1.
It was really smooth on 640x480!
So another post and I may help you ;-)

Vlip

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"A vaincre sans péril, l'on triomphe sans gloire"
Corneille

AMD K6-III 420, Asus P5-A, 128Mb PC100 SDRAM, Matrox G400MAX, Sb Live and a lot more toys and gadgets.

[ym99]

Ah!
I played at 640x480 too, but it doesn't smooth...
BTW, my G200 can not work with the "bus mastering(?)", because I can not set an IRQ
to it. Maybe this is the problem?
Or I really have to change my video card?

[cjolley]

Bingo!
That is it.
Fix it first.
chuck


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ABit BF6 w/ Celery 333@500, 128mb gh@cas2, 10gb IBM@7200, SB Live Value@3.0, noname CDRom@40x, Mitsumi CDRW@2x2x8, Acatel 1000 ADSL@1.5mb/sec, Princeton EO75@1024x768x32x85hz, USB mouse,Matrox G400 MAX!!!!

[Vlip]

As usually Cjolley is right, don't expect anything from a G200 without an IRQ!!!

A+, Vlip

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"A vaincre sans péril, l'on triomphe sans gloire"
Corneille

AMD K6-III 420, Asus P5-A, 128Mb PC100 SDRAM, Matrox G400MAX, Sb Live and a lot more toys and gadgets.

[ym99]

Got the bus mastering work and R6 is smooth
on 800x600!
Thanks guys!